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Meetings with Teach First: FOI review
Information requested
Response to appeal of review of FOI/17/01247
Further to my letter of 4 December you asked for clarification on some matters concerning your appeal to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner (OSIC) on 2 September about your request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) for communications between the Scottish Government and Teach First.
Response
Please accept my apologies that the versions of the documents sent in my letter of 4 December did have a different style of redactions to those sent earlier to you and that some additional names were redacted. These documents have now been revised to reflect what was given to you at the review stage plus the unredacted text. In the three documents with redactions there has been a small bleeding of ink which could not be avoided but has not obscured any relevant text.
We have also decided to release the full text in document 23 and are no longer applying section 30(c) "otherwise prejudice effective conduct of public affairs".
I have revised the table to reflect these changes. The revised documents are attached to this letter.
Doc no. Date Description Exemption(s) / Exception(s) Format Size 2 04.04.17 Email from Teach First to Scottish Government Section 38 (1) (b) PDF 91KB 4 15.03.17 Email from Teach First to Scottish Government Section 38 (1) (b) PDF 79KB 4a 15.03.17 Teach First proposed programme development timeline n/a PDF 106KB 7 10.01.17 Briefing pack for Deputy First Minister to meet Teach First Section 38 (1) (b) PDF 363KB 9 21.09.16 Briefing pack for First Minister to meet Teach First n/a PDF 289KB 16 01.03.14 Note of meeting with Teach First and others on 25 February 2014 n/a PDF 103KB 18 30.01.14 Briefing pack for Cabinet Secretary to Teach First n/a PDF 833KB 20 19.07.13 Letter from Teach First to Cabinet Secretary re meeting n/a PDF 37KB 23 01.06.12 Submission to Cabinet Secretary on Teach First n/a PDF 46KB 24 01.05.12 Letter from Cabinet Secretary to Teach First n/a PDF 22KB 25 13.04.12 Email exchange n/a PDF 52KB 25a 13.04.12 Letter from Teach First to Cabinet Secretary n/a PDF 154KB 37 09.05.17 Letter from Teach First to Deputy First Minister n/a PDF 131KB 38 10.01.17 Document presented to Deputy First Minister n/a PDF 254KB 39 18.01.17 Teach First briefing pack n/a PDF 500KB
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We have also decided to release the full text in document 23 and are no longer applying section 30(c) "otherwise prejudice effective conduct of public affairs". Date Description Exemption(s) / Exception(s) Format Size 2 04.04.17 Email from Teach First to Scottish Government Section 38 (1) (b) PDF 91KB 4 15.03.17 Email from Teach First to Scottish Government Section 38 (1) (b) PDF 79KB 4a 15.03.17 Teach First proposed programme development timeline n/a PDF 106KB 7 10.01.17 Briefing pack for Deputy First Minister to meet Teach First Section 38 (1) (b) PDF 363KB 9 21.09.16 Briefing pack for First Minister to meet Teach First n/a PDF 289KB 16 01.03.14 Note of meeting with Teach First and others on 25 February 2014 n/a PDF 103KB 18 30.01.14 Briefing pack for Cabinet Secretary to Teach First n/a PDF 833KB 20 19.07.13 Letter from Teach First to Cabinet Secretary re meeting n/a PDF 37KB 23 01.06.12 Submission to Cabinet Secretary on Teach First n/a PDF 46KB 24 01.05.12 Letter from Cabinet Secretary to Teach First n/a PDF 22KB 25 13.04.12 Email exchange n/a PDF 52KB 25a 13.04.12 Letter from Teach First to Cabinet Secretary n/a PDF 154KB 37 09.05.17 Letter from Teach First to Deputy First Minister n/a PDF 131KB 38 10.01.17 Document presented to Deputy First Minister n/a PDF 254KB 39 18.01.17 Teach First briefing pack n/a PDF 500KB About FOI The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests.